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Pfizer, Moderna Defend Vaccines as Pfizer Chief Says Trump’s Warp Speed Merits Nobel

HHS under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces backlash over vaccine rollbacks, mRNA funding cuts.

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President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office at the White House on September 3, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla addresses the audience as part of a session on AI during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 23, 2025. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Overview

  • Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla credited Operation Warp Speed under President Trump and said the achievement would typically merit a Nobel Peace Prize.
  • Bourla asserted the vaccines saved more than 14 million lives, avoided over $1 trillion in health costs, and established an mRNA platform with potential in cancer research.
  • Moderna issued a statement praising Trump for helping to end the pandemic, reopen economies, and save millions of lives.
  • The corporate statements followed Trump’s Labor Day post demanding that drugmakers "justify" the success of their COVID treatments and share supporting data.
  • HHS, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is under fire after the abrupt removal of CDC Director Susan Monarez, rollbacks to vaccine guidance, and reported cancellations of about $500 million in mRNA projects, drawing warnings from over 1,000 current and former HHS staff and nine former CDC directors.